SPACE AND SOCIALITY IN A LUNDAYEH COMMUNITY KAMPUNG KABAN LONG HOUSE IN SIPITANG, SABAH Adam Riong1 , Asrul Aminuddin 2* 1,2 Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia * [email protected] Abstract This study expand our understanding of longhouses within the context of a minority Lundayeh ethnic. Longhouse is a co-housing concept housing typology that often can be found within the indigenous communities in Borneo. A housing concept where a collective of families made a pact to built and stay as a community in the form of a longhouse. The architecture of a Longhouse are commonly known with the shared public long corridor that goes along the longitudinal of the Longhouse, where communial activities are often being conducted by the communities. Each families will each have separated entrance to each private housing quarters. Each quarters are unique due to personalisation and economical capability by each family. But sadly Longhouse housing typology are getting less in number in the process of urbanization. This research will conduct a qualitative research that aim to explore the impact of a Longhouse architecture to the space and sociality on a Lundayeh Community in Sipitang Sabah. Allowing us to understand better of the values that made Longhouse to be successful in creating a rich community culture and social well being compared to the modern housing. This exploration hope to inspire better translation and definition of a housing scheme that not only satisfy the economical needs but also the culture and social needs in our daily life. Introduction getting less in number in the process of urbanization. This study expand our understanding of longhouses within the This research will conduct a context of a minority Lundayeh ethnic. qualitative research that aim to explore the Longhouse is a co-housing concept housing impact of a Longhouse architecture to the typology that often can be found within the space and sociality on a Lundayeh indigenous communities in Borneo. A Community in Sipitang Sabah. Allowing us housing concept where a collective of to understand better of the values that made families made a pact to built and stay as a Longhouse to be successful in creating a community in the form of a longhouse. rich community culture and social well being compared to the modern housing. The architecture of a Longhouse are This exploration hope to inspire better commonly known with the shared public translation and definition of a housing long corridor that goes along the scheme that not only satisfy the economical longitudinal of the Longhouse, where needs but also the culture and social needs communial activities are often being in our daily life. conducted by the communities. Each families will each have separated entrance Research Background to each private housing quarters. Each quarters are unique due to personalisation Lundayeh is one of the minority and economical capability by each family. indigenous race found in Sabah Malaysia. But sadly Longhouse housing typology are A direct malay translation of Lun - Dayeh means “Orang Ulu”. Which a name that was given based on the description of the people that live in the highland forest. Lundayeh Community Village. This is There are other name such as Lun Bawang enable to study the quality of co-living (the people of the country) that is more created by this community & maybe apply commonly used in Sarawak Borneo which it into the modern context of civilization also describing the same origin indigenous improve our quality of living as a race.. In the history of British colonialism neighbourhood. in Sabah, the people of Lundayeh and Lun Bawang are often being insensitively Architecture of a Longhouse identified as Murut by the outsider, which the people of Lundayeh had insistent that The design layout of a traditional they never called themselves as Murut. long house can be described as stated Langub, J. (1987) below. A long wall that elected to the length of the building, down the longitudinal axis Traditionally, Lundayeh is of the Longhouse. A long space on one side indigenous community that started from the of the wall serves as a corridor that runs the highland of borneo and usually along the whole length of the building while the other river where they use the river as their side is blocked from public view for highway for transportation, from material, privacy. Where each individual family harvest goods to migration of community. squatters will have their own private The community are known as skilled units,bedroom,living space,kitchen with hunters, using spears, bow, blowpipes and each unit having their individual entrance hunting dogs. Today, cultivating hill rice is door. The spaces inside these family units their main occupation. Saw milling, timber will separated by walls of their own to processing and military careers are other contain sleeping space for each family. The means of livelihood. kitchens, “dapor”, may be situated within this private space but are quite often The population of Lundayeh situated in rooms of their own, added to the community is relatively small in Malaysia. back of a “bilik” or even in a building With an estimated population of 28,000 in standing a little away from the longhouse Malaysia and 55,600 worldwide. Where and accessed by a small bridge. This most of the population are found at Borneo separation prevents cooking fires from - Kalimantan. That originate from the spreading to the living spaces, should they highland of Borneo and currently being spread out of control, as well as reducing identified to split into 3 countries which is smoke and insects attracted to cooking from Malaysia Borneo, Kalimantan Indonesia gathering in living quarters. Behind the and Brunei Darussalam. Traditionally the kitchen may be the bathroom and toilets. A village of Lundayeh community can back door is allocated at the back of the founded as a cluster of timber stilt houses kitchen where neighbours can be connected that usually centralise around a LongHouse to share food supply to each others. as the main architecture component of the village. Dr Yansen Tp, Ricky Yakub (2018) The corridor itself is divided into three parts. The space in front of the door, Through this study, we will be able the “tempuan”, belongs to each bilik unit to learn the sociality and architecture of the and is used privately. This is where rice can Lundayeh Community in Malaysia. be pounded or other domestic work can be Learning the way of living and space usage done. A public corridor, a “ruai”, runs the of the Long house specifically in a length of the building in this open space. On this side a large veranda, a Research Method “tanju”, is built in front of the building where the rice (padi) is dried and other outdoor activities can take place. The “sadau”, a sort of attic, runs along under the peak of the roof and serves as storage. Sometimes the “sadau” has a sort of gallery from which the life in the “ruai” can be observed. The pigs and chicken live underneath the house between the stilts. Paula, Harris; Bellingham, Katy; J Fox, James (September 2006) Research Problem The lundayeh community is one of the unique indigenous race in Malaysia that embraced the idea of Co-Housing or Co- Living through the architecture of a Longhouse. But there’s been lack of study on this community and at the same time the learning of how a longhouse architecture impact the lifestyle quality of a communal neighbourhood. An arranged 2 night stay (5th and Objective 6th November 2018) in Kampung Kaban, Sipitang Sabah will be used to conduct data The objective of this research is to collection. A series of visitation and study the Long house Co-Housing quality scheduled interview session will be of Lundayeh Community lifestyle. To conducted during the stay to engage with understand the how does a Long house the Longhouse community. Throughout the architecture being used by a Lundayeh visitation i will be assisted by Jennifer Community and the impact of the Paren, a 21 year old teen that fluent in LongHouse architecture to the relationship English, Bahasa Lundayeh and Bahasa of this neighbourhood. Malaysia to assist me on any need of translation during the visitation session. Jennifer Paren is part of the Kampung Kaban community where she live and school in Kampung Kaban until the age of 18 year old. To achieve the objective of the research, qualitative research approach will be conducted through multiple form of data gathering methods such as : Interview them would hangout around the corridor space while enjoying at the bunch of kids A scheduled 45 minute interview session playing outdoor activities such as football will be conducted with Encik Baru Labo, and volleyball. which is a 72 year old elder in Kampung Kaban. Encik Baru Labo had been staying 9.00 pm in Kampung Kaban for almost 50 years. After having dinner at respective houses, Where he is involved in the construction some of the kids and elders will come out to and founding of the Origin Longhouse of the public corridor space to enjoy to cool Kampung Kaban. The aim of the interview night air. record his experience and historical information regarding Kampung Kaban. A According to Jennifer Paren, the set of questions had been prepare ahead of time in between the selected time time if there’s been any need to facilitate the checkpoint will result with lack of user interview session. But generally the activity in the public corridor space of the interview will be done in semi structured Longhouse. The aim of the observation format. analysis is to identify the activities that happens in public corridor space of the Observation Longhouse.